CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 24 septembre 2025

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s5FFF0A75 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:7pt } .sB24F5E38 { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:7pt } .s720914FA { margin-top:14pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s4ACA9207 { page-break-before:always; clear:both; mso-break-type:section-break } .s75A32C27 { border-collapse:collapse } .s3695F815 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s598389F9 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; font-size:12pt } .sEECE831 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#474747 } .sE8934522 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s2EF62ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt } Published on 13 October 2025   FIFTH SECTION Application no. 17128/25 Yaroslav Mykolayovych ZAYIKA against Ukraine and 20 other applications (see list appended) communicated on 24 September 2025 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASES The applicants, all life prisoners, have been held in three different pre-trial and post-conviction detention facilities throughout Ukraine. They complain under Article   2 of the Convention about the lack of or restricted access to an air-raid shelter in detention facilities, which, in the circumstances of the ongoing war in Ukraine and in view of the possible shelling, puts their lives in danger. The applicants also complain under Article   13 of the Convention about the absence of an effective domestic remedy in relation to the above complaints.       QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES 1.     Has the applicants’ right to life, ensured by Article   2 of the Convention, been put in danger in the present case? In particular, have the Government taken appropriate steps to safeguard the applicants’ lives? 2.     Did the applicants have at their disposal an effective domestic remedy for their complaints under Article   2 of the Convention, as required by its Article   13?       APPENDIX No. Application no. Case name Lodged on Applicant Year of Birth Nationality Represented by Detention Facility Period of Detention 1. 17128/25 Zayika v.   Ukraine 20/05/2025 Yaroslav Mykolayovych ZAYIKA 1983 Ukrainian Olena Oleksandrivna NAZARENKO Romny Detention Facility No. 56 17/11/2004 – pending 2. 17811/25 Lisovenko v.   Ukraine 29/05/2025 Oleg Vasylyovych LISOVENKO 1973 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 04/10/2004 – pending 3. 17889/25 Khukalenko v.   Ukraine 02/06/2025 Sergey Petrovich KHUKALENKO 1971 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 04/03/2009 – pending 4. 18004/25 Didenko v.   Ukraine 02/06/2025 Viktor Viktorovych DIDENKO 1973 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 14/05/2009 – pending 5. 18035/25 Meya v.   Ukraine 02/06/2025 Oleksandr Oleksandrovych MEYA 1981 Ukrainian   Romny Detention Facility No. 56 04/09/2010 – pending 6. 18040/25 Reuka v.   Ukraine 03/06/2025 Yuriy Volodymyrovych REUKA 1969 Ukrainian Zamkova Detention Facility No. 58 13/08/2006 – pending 7. 18060/25 Lys v.   Ukraine 03/06/2025 Anatoliy Vitaliyovych LYS 1965 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 08/08/2023 – pending 8. 18078/25 Matyushchenko v.   Ukraine 03/06/2025 Sergiy Anatoliyevych MATYUSHCHENKO 1984 Russian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 02/12/2011 – pending 9. 18085/25 Shpilchyn v.   Ukraine 03/06/2025 Yuriy Oleksiyovych SHPILCHYN 1958 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 24/03/2009 – pending 10. 18088/25 Bredinevskyy v.   Ukraine 02/06/2025 Volodymyr Georgiyovych BREDINEVSKYY 1974 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 14/02/2010 – pending 11. 18090/25 Deyneka v.   Ukraine 03/06/2025 Petro Pavlovych DEYNEKA 1967 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 20/10/2021 – pending 12. 18163/25 Volonsevych v.   Ukraine 03/06/2025 Yan Yosypovych VOLONSEVYCH 1981 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 01/01/2002 – pending 13. 18203/25 Ripka v.   Ukraine 05/06/2025 Valeriy Mykolayovych RIPKA 1974 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 24/09/2016 – pending 14. 18246/25 Russu v.   Ukraine 02/06/2025 Denys Oleksandrovych RUSSU 1984 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 14/08/2009 – pending 15. 18252/25 Smirnov v.   Ukraine 03/06/2025 Vitaliy Gennadiyovych SMIRNOV 1978 Ukrainian Zamkova Detention Facility No. 58 25/12/2005 – pending 16. 18318/25 Morozov v.   Ukraine 05/06/2025 Yevgen Viktorovych MOROZOV 1992 Ukrainian Cherkasy Pre-Trial Detention Facility 05/09/2024 – pending 17. 18487/25 Ponomarenko v.   Ukraine 05/06/2025 Bogdan Vasylyovych PONOMARENKO 1973 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 02/01/2007 – pending 18. 18801/25 Lyebyedyev v.   Ukraine 05/06/2025 Oleksandr Sergiyovych LYEBYEDYEV 1975 Ukrainian Cherkasy Pre-Trial Detention Facility 13/03/2020 – pending 19. 18810/25 Zagreba v.   Ukraine 03/06/2025 Ruslan Vasylyovych ZAGREBA 1975 Ukrainian Zamkova Detention Facility No. 58 18/04/2012 – pending 20. 18842/25 Kholodovskyy v.   Ukraine 05/06/2025 Pavlo Yuriyovych KHOLODOVSKYY 1980 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 01/01/2009 – pending 21. 18945/25 Koval v.   Ukraine 05/06/2025 Igor Oleksandrovych KOVAL 1962 Ukrainian Romny Detention Facility No. 56 04/07/2005 – pending